The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-09

: distribute its issue around the county in adj
vance of the Gazette. The vehicle went
with Gilpin speed around the county, carry
ing banner inscribed "The Chronicle Spe
cial Mall The Gazette is also hard to beat.
At GAINESVILLE George w Caroline, mar
IS years of age, was married Monday morn
ing to Mrs. Amanda Carter. Caroline has
been married four times, and the third and
fourth time he was married that his wife
could homestead on his property, which was
advertised for sale. He brought Mrs. Car
ter in town Monday morning about 8 clock,
was married, and his wife took out home
stead before II. He went home happy, hav-
ing secured wife and fixed his property
safe again.
There is in Col Smiths convict camp an
old gray haired white man from Hart
county, who was sent to the penitentiarY for
arson. His time is out to-day when he will
be released. He has not beenable to do any
work since his sentence. He is looked upon
as a dangerous character, and the good
people of Hart refused TO sign petition for
his pardon. This convict belongs to good
family, and his children married nice peo-
pie. He will not find very warm welcome
on his return home
Col Smith, of duel fame, has a field Of
800 acres planted in new variety of corn.
There are from three to seven large ears on
a stalk, and competent judges say 1T will
make n Llltu more IMAM any OJil6I variety Ol
| corn known. Col Smith got some prolific
corn, and by crossing it and saving only the
! best and top ear for seed, succeeded in bring
| ing it up to this perfection He1s delighted
| with it. and says it is as near perfection as
corn can be. This gentleman has 100 acres
planted in sweet potatoes
State School Commissioner Orr is busy
tabulatng the reports of the number OF
| children in the public schools of the various
| ,-in no 10. hHF hn
various per ceuts of the number of white
| and colorcd pupils of school age i'll atten-
| dance will be completed. The conclusions
| the figures will justify will astonish many
| people who have always believed that Geor-
| gia was behind i'll the march and progress
| Of the people in popular education. The
| figures will show the State to be far ahead
| of some Northern States.
| At Rome Thursday r. T. Armstrong
concluded negotiations for the cree
ton of a magnificent hotel, to cost Sl25000.
| The hotel will be located on the corner of
| Howard and Court streets, and will be one
| of the handsomest hotel buildings in the
South. 1t will be elegantly furnished. Mr.
| Armstrong; architect from Birmingham, is
| now in Rome, and is drawing plans for the
| building. Property in the neighborhood OF
the proposed hotel is in great demand, and
boom prices are offered, but pr operty own
ers are not willing to sell.
The Georgia Southern and Florida Rail
| road Company has offered the citizens of
| Vienna, Dooly county, land to build new
| tCwl on, and also to build a new court
| house if they will remove the town to the
| road The delegation from Vienna eX-
| pressed themselves as pleased with the offer,
| and left for home to consider the matter,
| The road will run within two and half
| miles of the present town, but as they have
| not purchased the lands in that section yet,
| they are not prepared to say lust how far
| off the new town will be located.
At Marietta "a novel practice was intro
| duced Thursday in Justice Winn's court.
| Whitman brought suit against MeSsrs.
| Miller d Wallis for 90c for part Of wages
| unpaid Justice VIM said that he would
| donate his costs and the bailitf said he
| would give half of his, the amount being so
| small. Justice VIM suggested that the
| parties should throw heads and tails to de-
| eide the matter, to which the parties agreed,
| whereupon, by consent of all parties, the
| court tossed up the coin, which fell in favor
| of the defendant and Judgment was awarded
| accordingly.
r. H. Lampkin is charged with having
ruined a white girl of Augusta aged IA
| years, and induced her to run away with
| him The girls name is Dillman. Efforts
to arrest the pair had not been successful at
| last accounts. Lampkin for number of
| years ran a baToom in Athens, and was a
member of the City Council. After prohi-
bition went into effect he moved to Au-
gusta. He still owns valuable property in
Athens, and his wife resides there. His
daughter married son of one of the larg-
est dry goods merchants of Augusta, and
his son is now prosperous and highly re-
spected young man of Atlanta.
When Lincoln's signature shook off the
| shacldes of the slaves in the South there
was among the negroes who parted with
Col Tom Hardeman, of Macon a man
named George. He drifted away, but the
love of the old master never died in his
| heart. He located near Americas, and now
| and then as the years sped by, would send
| Col Hardeman a few peaches, or something
| of the kind, in kind remembrance. Wednes-
| day the Colonel received a prepaid telegram
| which read: George Hardeman sends
crate of chickens to Marse Tom George
| Hardeman As may be imagined, there
was a lump in the Coloners throat when he
received that message from his old-time
| slave.
| Mr.. Beall was seen at the East Tennessee
| depot Mt Macon, Thursday, sporting most
unique scarf pin. 1t was a miniature hat
of the Southern SLOUGH style, made from u
| scrap of the one the boys cut upand divided
out as souvenirs on the occasion of Hon.
jefferson Davis visit TO Atlanta last year
| Surrounding this peculiar setting is the
legend Jefferson Davis, 1885, Mr.. Beall
says that a man from Michigan met him
some time ago, and just made a regular set
to for its possession, Offering him big price
for it, He refused TO part with it, telling
the Westerner that he did not wish them to
carry it up North where people were so fond
of cursing jeff Davis. He values the relic
very highly.
Rev. DR.. ]. G. Armstrong, of Atlanta
the deposed rector of st. Philips Protestant
Episcopal church, has accepted an invitation
TO address the Fayette County Sunday
| School Association ON July 90 When it is
recollected that Episcopal preachers are not
| usually to be found in the union Sunday
school ranks but, on the contrary, holding
off to themselves, the assent of DIR. Arm
| strong to address such an institution is re-
gardcd as of some significance. Add to this
the further fact that this is the first public
determination of DIR. Armstrong with any
| religious body since his suspension from the
| Episcopal ministry, and some people read in
| it an indication that the doctor may vet
secure new field of religious usefulness.
The Macon Board Of Trade held its annual
meeting and election of officers Wednesday.
with the following result: President, Ben
G. Smith; First Vice President, Charles l..
| Campbell; Second Vice President Hardin
| I. Johnson; Directors, II. ID. Adams. |. b.
English, S. Il. Jacques For the other three
directors there was no election the vote
being tie between w. II. Cox, H. Horne,
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